Blogs About "Entrepreneurs"

 

I added "founder" to my bio this week. Together with two amazing co-founders, Veronika Sonsev and Deborah Jackson, Women Innovate Mobile launched. Women Innovate Mobile is an accelerator program for start-ups with a woman founder or co-founder and a product that is related to mobile. The accelerator will offer two to five start-ups free New York office space, mentoring and coaching, access to venture capitalists and other investors in addition to $18,000...

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
New York City, NY

This free session for women entrepreneurs will be held at a Chase branch in NYC on January 11, 2012 at 8am and will be about an hour. It is meant for women who have a company already in operation. We will talk about things like cash flow, leverage and what banks look for when making a loan as well as how you...

Fun, fabulous Toronto gals got together to hear some of the most successful and stylish women entrepreneurs in various fields.  Back for their second year, Divas in the City is a forum that featured seven local entrepreneurs who are experts in the areas of careers, finance, relationships, fashion, nutrition, beauty, and fitness. Organized by

In case you happened to miss this, the Fall New York Entrepreneur Week is upon us and entrepreneurs of all stripes are gearing up for a week filled with golden nuggets of entrepreneur wisdom. Here are some details:

New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEW) | NOVEMBER 8th - 12th, 2010

As a special discount for the 85 Broads Community, input code 85BROADS345 for a limited time and receive 75% off the entire event.

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These days the word "entrepreneur" immediately conjures up images of a geeky tech/hipster dude who invented yet another way to tap into the social graph. Supported and shaped by the media, this portrait of the modern day entrepreneur is uncompromisingly rigid and misses a whole host of fabulously creative people who are bootstrapping it to success.

Being in tech myself (www.NabeWise.com), I'm sad to say that I too sometimes forget that...

I found this article very interesting and wanted to share it. After reading this article, I could not help but think of Laura Liswood's presentation "Leadership in a Diverse World", a combination of many factors that make it much harder for women to reach that leadership role. If you did not hear Laura speak, make sure to get her book "The Loudest Duck".

What's Holding Back Women Entrepreneurs?
By SHARON G....

During my career, I've witnessed 'progress' in business by how much revenue was generated year over year or by the numbers of deals that were signed. At the gym, I've determined progress by reaching certain mileage or times. In my personal life, progress might have been measured whether there was there a third date! All seem so superficial.

But, what is progress from the perspective a female entrepreneur...

I highly recommend these resources to those of you in the US who are starting your own company and/or need business intelligence for established companies:

1) US Small Busines Administration (SBA): http://www.sba.gov/

2) SCORE (www.score.org)
SCORE comprises “Counselors of America’s Small Business Owners”. It is a national association dedicated to helping small business owners form and grow their businesses. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia and Washington D.C., SCORE has 364 chapters in the United...

Interesting anecdote from someone I am coaching who is starting her own fashion line:

She has been struggling to get comfortable with the name she came up with for her high fashion, clothing line. She has a name; it makes sense--but it hasn't magically "pinged" for her yet.

She was recently at lunch with her very successful friend: a retired, female, former investment banker.

She hesitantly pitched the name of her company to...

http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/research/icsb/1999/46.pdf

includes fascinating findings re: networking and business referrals as well as
personal / work-life balance results for women who start their own companies (or start companies with others) vs. men